Lillian Burke Meissner enjoys working in her husband’s pottery firm, but her marriage is dull and loveless. She dreams of romantic adventures, and of a man who can sweep her off her feet. Aristocratic Kingsley Daltonis exactly that kind of man … and he has the power to make or break her husband’s business. Their affair brings untold heartbreak, but also joy in the form of a daughter, Antonia.
Years later, Antonia falls in love with Geoffrey Dalton, the new lord. But when a terrible secret is revealed, it threatens to destroy their new-found happiness. Can Antonia and Geoffrey outrun the ghosts of the past? Or is their love doomed before it’s even begun? Are some sins simply impossible to forgive?